Circle in a spiral

Hello and welcome.

My card for today features a simple layout that I used on another masculine card last week.

I love the angled lines of this but decided to contrast them with a circular stamped pattern.  This stamp is by Uniko and is called Round in Circles.

I embossed two of the images using Simon Says Stamp embossing ink and Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

The background was created using three distress oxide inks - Iced Spruce, Fossilized Amber and Hickory Smoke.

I trimmed the panel to fit a black card base and added a silver glitter strip.  I then embossed the birthday sentiment.

Once the card was done I didn't like the brightness of the silver glitter.  To rectify this I masked off the strip and added embossing ink and powder over the top.  Once melted this looked much better.

Hope you like it.  TTFN Jude xx

Poinsettia Wreath Card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a great week, and are looking forward to the weekend. 

Today's card was again inspired by different cards on Pinterest, but changed to make my own. I started by stamping the branch wreath from a Creative Stamping magazine set, onto navy blue card stock using Versamark ink.

Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder in Liquid Platinum. We have had this powder for about 4 years, and are only just starting to think about getting a new one, they really do last for ages. It is one of mine and Jude's favourite colours as it is neither gold or silver and goes with both.

 I then cut my panel out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die, and put it on to a white card blank. The little poinsettia flowers came in one of my Wow Embossing Powder kits, and I layered them together and added a gold sequin to the center.

 Then I added a few bits of white fern leaves and mistletoe to the flower, placed a small layered sentiment in the middle and some gold stars. Then to finish it off I added some white and gold gel pen flurries. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Silver Trellis Roses

Good morning all, I hope you are having a great week. Today is our lovely mum's 70th birthday, and this photo was taken last week on holiday in Spain. She looks great and no-one believes she is 70 lol, but we make sure they know she is ha ha.

Today's card is one I made for mum, using the Crafti Potential Trellis background stamp from Craftstash UK. I stamped it with Versamark Ink on to navy blue card stock, and then heat embossed it with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.

Then I die cut the panel with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellements die and put it on to an A2 white card blank.

I used the Altenew Layering Rose Dies to cut the flowers from navy, silver and blue glitter card, and the leaves using two different silver tone cards.

I layered the flowers together to one side of the card and raised some of them on foam pads for dimension.

Then I added a simple heat embossed sentiment from another Altenew stamp set, using the same platinum embossing powder.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Christmas Snowflakes

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. It's been a busy one again for us, but I did manage to sneak out for a couple of hours on Saturday, to have lunch and a catch up with a lovely friend. 😊

Today's cards are all about the snowflakes. I have seen a few cards around where the main focus is on the snowflake, so I thought I would give it a try.

I started with a piece of thick black card, and inked it with Versamark ink. Then I heat embossed it with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. 

This card has a Spellbinders Snowflake with a Creative Dies sentiment. I mounted it on orange card which I cut out with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitched Ellement die.

I used the same background die for this teal version, but used a Memory Box Precious Snowflake die for the main focal point. 

I added gold twine and a single gem to the orange version, and a few gems along with some of the diamond cut-outs, with a different Creative Dies sentiment, to finish off the teal version.

Hope you like them, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Love you to the moon and back

Good morning folks, I hope you have had a good week. Are you looking forward to a crafty weekend? I know I am lol. 

Today's card is another that I made last year but never got blogged. I used the Mama Elephant, Up and Away stamp and die set, along with the Altenew, To the Moon set.

First of all I stamped the moon using Altenew and Memento inks, then I cut a circle mask and used Distress Inks to blend a dark background, around the moon.

I picked one of the sentiments from the Altenew set and stamped it with Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with Liquid Platinum fine detail Embossing Powder. 

Then I added drops of silver shimmer and white paint to the background to give a spacey/shimmery feel.

I stamped the bunny and balloons using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and then coloured them with Copic Markers and cut them out with their matching dies.

Then after stamping in the balloon strings first, I added the images to the card front, backed it all with black card and added it to a white card base.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Beautiful Day

Hello again

Today I am sharing a card I made for Jen's birthday last month.

I wanted a simple but classy card and was so pleased that this turned out exactly as I had pictured.  Don't you love it when that happens?

Often the image I have in my head is nothing like the finished article, but this was better than I had hoped.

The stamp set is Beautiful Day from Altenew and I used Altenew inks in Moon Rock and Lava Rock.

The sentiment is made up from a couple of sets and was embossed in Liquid Platinum from Ranger. 

I hope you like it as much as I do.

TTFN Jude xx

Embossed anniversary card

Good morning all, I hope you have had a really good weekend. We have been having a bit of a clear out of the loft, so nothing very exciting lol. But we did get out for a nice walk with the dogs yesterday morning. 

Anyway, today's card was a very simple make. I cut a piece of white card down to fit a 6 x 6 card base, and then used a Crafter's Companion Embossalicious embossing folder to give a lovely deep embossed design around the edge.

I then used some See Dee's alphabet stamps to stamp the initials, and a Sentimentals stamp for the sentiment.

I stamped them with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum Fine Detail embossing powder.

I didn't want a lot else on the card, so I highlighted a couple of areas with tiny crystal gems, 

and then finished it off with a few white daisies, with crystal centres.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Anniversary Wishes

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. Today is definitely Hump day for me, I have to have a mouth biopsy today to check the diagnosis of oral Lichen Planus. So not my most favourite day ever lol ;0)

Anyway, this sweet little card is one I made for my niece and her husband as they celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary last week. 

I used the two different sized Wonky Elements from Avery Elle for the background and main panel. Then I used the Clearly Besotted Bottoms Up set to stamp the wine glasses.

I stamped them with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder. As they don't have a matching die I just cut them out by hand.

The Anniversary die cut is also a Clearly Besotted set, called Happy Anniversary. I didn't want to use the stamp, so I did two die cuts and stuck them together for dimension, then wrote across the top with a white gel pen.

I stuck these on foam pads to the card panel and then stamped the rest of the sentiment with Memento ink. Then I just added a few gold and white sequins to finish it off.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you Friday.

xxx